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high resolve is to advance, and we THINK
you could have ISSUED the words OF com
mand" with good effect. We rest much
of a teachers success beycnd the con-
fines of the school.room, for, where there
is lack of manifest interest on the part
of parents, those who are most closely re-
lated to the pupils, the onward march in
.tbe field of letters" is retarded materi-
ally, despite the rallies and hurrahs OF
the leader.
We can be and are encouraged; ln'
deed we congratulate ourselves and
Hunters Spring in this respect.
By their fruits you may know them.
After call meeting, when the attention
OF the patrons WAS directed to our neces-
sites, plans were laid, the day set and
the work completed. We are now meas
urably comfortable with signs of life
about in the ring of the axe at our door
(not the breaking of brush down in the
woods,) and cracking, blazing, home
like fire within.
And our work magni6es. Thirty five
responded "presen" at rool-call this
morning, and our ingenuity "bump'
waxes rapidly to its elimination.
Then, as to ways and means you and
yours are interested. With the late in
crease in numbers, ours (ways and means)
are not sufficiently settled as to state
satisfactorily. But we confess with can
dor, and we might say with pride, that
routine work is waning, it must wane, and
we repeat it, letit wane! We have some
misapprehensions as to public opinion in
this. 'Tis easy to follow a beaten track.
The "old ruts" are hard to leave. Never
theless, we have a strong hope that we
may steer the ship clear of the breakers.
But before cut myself out of an oppor-
tunity to write again in the length Of
this, I forbear. Before closing, however,
let me commend to the teachers real
help in THE Teachers Institute and Practi.
cal Teacher, published by E. L. Kellogg
& Co., 25 Clinton Place, N. Y. The
subscription price, Sl.25, can't be better
invested. Send for sample copy and
be convinced.
Come to see US and see how much We
have to growl
O. o. BunRrss.
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Our Girls.

The following from "Gilderoy" iu The
Wesleyan Christian Advocate is too good
to pass by. He says:
And why not let our girls and women
do much of the lighter work our boys are
now doing? They can do this work just
as we'll, or better than any of the boys.
1t won't hurt our girls, won't make them
less sensitive, less modest, less religious,
less prudent, less lady like. twill make
them healthier, wealtbier, wiser, strong
er, more Independent, more self'reliant,
more economical-they will be better
women, better wives and mothers and
better members of society every way.
Girls of this kind will make good help
meets, rather than helpeats, when they
get married. Indeed they will lake care
of themselves and not marry at all unless
the boys move up 'car length or two.'
1 confess to you, Doctor, the outlook for
worthy husbands is not very promising
in some parts of this country. If some
of the young women marry, at all, they
will hav, to marry nothing-a nobody
or next thing to it. Some silly girls
stick their hands in a jughaudle' and
call it husband A nice, pure woman
can't be happy in the relation of wife to
a lager beer keg-she cau't. A woman
"a wife-ought to reverence her hus-
band, and she will too. She will reger.
ence him next to God, if he is a clean'
nice man worthy of it. 1t is against ma
ture, against the nature of a good wo-
man-to reverence an impure, worthless,
besotted sort of man. That some good
women are gentle and kind to dissipated,
worthless husbands, grows out of the fact
that they hope, down to the last day,
that some change for the better will
come over the men to whom they have
tied themselves. They sit and long, and
wait and pray for a change. Some of
these prayers are answered while the wife
lives, more are answered after the wife
dies, and some not answered at all, neith-
or in this world nor in the world to
come. God will answer prayer, but God
can't force a moral agent. That our
sons and husbands, for whom we pray
are not saved is not because God is not
willing, but because they are not willing.
No power in heaven, earth or hell can
force the will of free agent-not even
the power of God, nor the power OF
good woman. This is one that is not
controlled by power. This wife is will.
ing and anxious for her husband to be
saved, and God is willing and anxious to
save him, but the husband will not have
the man Christ Jesus to rule over him.
The trouble, the obstacle, is the man for
whom Christ died and for whom the wife
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Be Kind to the Aged.

The loneliness of age? How few
think of this and treat with due tender
ness and consideration those who have
outli7ed their generation, and whose
early companions and friends have been
taken from them! Unable to engage in!
the activities of life they are no. longer
brought into contact and.sympathy with;
those around them, and the tie of~cun
mon interests and mutual Dependence
binds them together. Their views and
tastes have naturally grown apart. They:
share little in common with others. The
future of this life has nothing to inspire,
their ambition or excite their hopes
What calls forth the energies OF Others
has no inspiration for them. They nee.
essarily, to a great extent, live insa 81
world of their own, with which those
around them are not familiar. The COM
muniDgs of their hearts are with the.
scenes of the past and the companions of.
other years who have long passed away.
Lovers and friends have been taken from
them, and their acquaintance laid in.
darkness. The forms they admired and
loved are gone, the eyes that looked into
theirs with the tenderest affection are;
sightless, and the voices that cheered and
stirred their souls have long been SILENT
Their early world of hope and life has
become desolation, and they sit ifsi.a
lence contemplating the ruin that has
been wrought. They have but little y;
interest them in this world. Who would
not do what he can to cheer the loneli:l
ness of age, to smooth their pathway, and
comfort them in their declining yeanis
-Aiethodist Record.
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Death of DIR. E. NJ. SeabrOok.

RICHMOND, January S.-Dr. E. NJ.
seabrook, native of Charleston, s. O.,
and for four years during the war III
charge of the South Carolina division OF
the Chimborazo Hospital here, died in
this city yesterday. DR.. seabrook came
to Richmond shortly after the breaking
out of the war and Nas assigned the posi-
tion named. AS q surgeon in that fam
Gus hospital DR.. Seabrook was known to
thousands of old Confederates. he was
a skillful physician. At the close of the
war the deceased decided to remain In
this city of his adoption. At one time
DR.. Seabrook was connected with the Ro'
per Hospital in Charleston. at his
request his remains will be buried III
Oakwood Cemetery here among the tel.
thousand graves Of Confederate soldiers
who sleep the last sleep in that city OF
the dead. DR.. Seabrook was about 5l'
years of age.
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A million day is the income of the
United States Treasury. Up to the year
1861 receipts at this rate for two months
would have supplied all the require
ments of the Government for year.
"A genius in Troy has just invented
a stove that saves three quarters of the
wood, while the ashes it makes pays for
the remainder.-Boston Budge...
= 1t is said the oak is creeping out
into the prairies, aud row covers thous-
ands of acres where it did not grow forty
years ago.
1t is said that letters are burned at
the dead.letter Office at the rate Of 1000
a year.
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HOME. January IL, 1887.

y
Mr.. EDITOR: have been anxiously
watching and hoping to find word in
your Column, the last few months, from
some .laborer. hoped so that we
might, in measure, compare experiences
since the opening Of the present scholas-
tic year, and during these latter hard
days. By this meaus-gi0ing out and
imbibing, there might be mutual gath
ering of momentum in the field for re-
ceiving and imparting knowledge. But
I have looked in vain from such source.
I venture a few lines that they may call
out some one.
We go back to express cur regrets in
not having you, Mr.. Editor, with US on
the occasion Of our little Xmas Tree at
the close of our work before the Holi-
days. We gave publicity, at that timees
to what forms part OF our daily engage:
ment by entertaining our friends for q
short time with some songs and gem
ererc;se. The school marched in system
attic order to the second floor of our
building, and formed a q in front of the
tree. After song, the name Of each
pupil was called, and on receiving
common gift from the tree, he would
rscite gem of his own choosing, when
the entire school would repeat it in con-
cert. After this exercise, we had another
song, then presented special presents
from parents.
at this juncture your speech would
have been in order, and it was a good
opportunity-most Of the patrons we're
present. We were anxious for you to
have been there that We might have had
8onr ameasares taken," then we would
have expected you to come again. Our
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: It is reported that;sOO churches

1t is reported that 900 churches hss'
been destroyed during the past ten year!
in this country on account Of defectin
heating apparatus. And yet all this
not warning enough to some bosrdsso 9
trustees to have their churches insured
To neglect to have a church insufe
shows such lack of common busins
prudence that, when such q church.
burned, it is difficult to raise money Z
rebuild All our churches should be in
sured against fire in some responziH
company.-Rehgious Telescope.
Where was time raised9 Inf
lapse Of ages.
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100000 which had been turned over 10
him after the war was over.

him after the war was over.
"a man named Murrell who had been
engaged in the manufacture of cotton in
Arkansas, before the war, was sent by,
General Kirby Smith to Europe with
letters of credit for
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
to purchase cotton machinery, which be
was to epdeavor to get into the confeder-
ate States. He had not accomplished
his mission when the surrender came,
and he delivered the money in his hands
to McRae, as his superior financial
agent, reserving only $4,000 to pay for
his services, his expenses in Europe, and
to take him home. l don't know what
became of Murrell. With the 10000
pounds sterling McRae had when Benja-
min advised him to hold on to it for the
present, increased by the s97 900 which
Murrell turned over to him, he must have
had handsome balance after paying
the officers and men of "The Shenan-
doab," after sending the half years
salary to Mr.. Davis and the members Of
his cabinet, and after paying the two or
three confederate officers in England,
who were able to get anything from him.
What became of this money l cannot say.
1 know that before McRae returned to
America he became banker.
"During the war Mr.. Benjamin had
sent man named Schultze, a Mobile
editor of Jewish extraction, to London
to establish an organ of the confederate
cause. I hardly think Schultze made a
fortune at that business.
"a year or so after the close of the
war, bank was opened with offices in
London and Bucharest by McRae and
schultze. They conducted business on
a rather grand scale for while and then
failed.
"McRae finally returned to America
and went to Honduras where, l believe,
he died. Of Schultze's fate l am igno.
rant
"Now most of these facts came under
my personal observation, and of those of
which do not know personally, have
til Violence which is thoroughly salts.
factory to me-"
I asked General Walker at the conclu-
sion of this narrative if he believed there
was still any money in England to the
credit of the confederacy. he replied:
"No. have no idea there is one cent.
know there was big sum at the end
of the war, but it has been absorbed in
one way and another long ago."
1 give this conversation as closely to
its original detail as I possibly can. 1t
is q romantic story and contains some
information which is new to me, at least.
Washington Correspondence Of The IT.
lantd Constitution
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NE are glad to be Informed by the
mail Just Bed us that to-day, January
IL; the trkSEees and teachers Of Hopewell
r. Township are holding a kind of town
shin convention at Midway. The whole
d sday Is spent in practical school-room
work II IS q happy thought, and we
can NOT too plainly express our regret at
not receiving notice of it in time to
attend the meeting: We trust our friends
win repeat the experiment, and that
other townships will follow suit. We
hope one present will give us full ac-
count of the meeting in session today.
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1 TEA6HERs'GoLUMN
j. q. cLINKscALEs, EDITOR.
The achools in Centerville Township
will close, by order Of the trustees, on
the 2Sth inst Let the teachers take
notice and make their arrangements to
suit this action of the Board.

Mr.. w. P. Holland, principal Of the
Lebanon school. thought once of taking
asa profession, but, we learn,
has declined the idea. We are glad to
Know that he is fully decided to continue
TO teach. Mr.. Holland is doing fine
work there and has a bright future before
him if he does not weary in we'll doing.
Anderson County can not we'll afford to
'Inss s1ch teachers. Let him stick.
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We are glad to learn that the patrons
iof the Cedar Grove School have made
made much needed repairs on the house.
] Miss Roberts; the teacher, now finds it
more comfortable than formerly, but
saws there ISIS stillroom for improvement.
We trnsl The thoughtful ones of that sec.
ton viii carry on the good work until
the house is thoroughly renovated aud
the teacher and children made as com.
sfortable as they desire to be.
Miss Rose McNiDch writes that the
patrons Of the White6eld School have
made some repairs there, too; these are
Ss steps in The right direction, and such as
require no great outlay of money. We
do NOT plead for expensive or elaborately
ft,rnised houses. All we want is comfort
4for the children. Times are hard, very
hard, but plenty time and energy are
wasted in this County to repair every
aiiapidated school house init without a
moments serious i9convenience to any
body. We congratulate the people who
have so nobly respc led to the necessities
of the Cedar Grove and White6eld
schools. and trust that the moving spirit
may strike many other sections of the
County.
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= Love is blind, but it generally PULLS
dowa the curtains, too.
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Mr.. g. Merriweather, who was to have
taken charge of the Male School at Will
sliamston, has not put in appearance.
Mr.. MerriWeather is fine teacher, and
would, no doubt, build up large school
al Williamson. No man is willing,
however, to take the risks necessary to be
taken there. The patrons are not as
much in earnest as they ought to be on
the subject of educating their boys.
Their daughters have the finest facilities:
their boys seem to be neglected. In the
sdays of John T.. Kennedy and Wesley
Lsyerett, the male school at Williamson
was not surpassed in point Of excellence
by any in the State. Classical schools
are more numerous now. If the citizens
sof that historic little town would keep a
coed male school, they must give it that
attention and support it demands. Like
every thing nowadays, it takes money to
run a good school; especially is this the
case since classical schools have become
so numerous. Where there is greater
competition there must necessarily be
closer attention and hearty support
from the local patrons of the school.
Especially is this the case at Williamson;
the town is small, and che local patron.
age must necessarily be limited. Many
years ago the school was supported, in
very large measure, by patrons from a
distance, the burden falling very lightly
srpon the citizens of the town: things
hare changed, however-there is good
school at Belton now, capital one at
Piedmont, and another at Pelzer. This
thing of building up large, paying
schools, nowadays, is not what it's crack
ed mp to be. Our people must learn to
rely moro upon their own resources, and
not 80 much upon the reputation OF the
teacher. Every town can have class'-
cal school, if it wants one and is willing
to pay for it. That's the long and short
Of the whole thing-we have to pay fol-
what We get these days. So if the peo'
pc of Williamson are relying upon the
former glory of their school to educate
their boys, let them go down in their old
clothes for the loose nickles-that and
only that will educate their boys now.
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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-09
How to Bleach 1t.

The Standard is the gilt-edged club
of the Hebrew element of the city,
and an afternoon or evening there will
repay any one who has the good for
tune to be guest The Hebrews can
give and take joke about as grace
fully as any nationality. Sidney Smith
once said that it required surgical
operation to get a Scotchman to sec a
joke. The Hebrew is as unlike the
Scot in this respect as democrat is
unlike republican. | heard at the
Standard the other evening shot
which would have famed almost any
other nationality. | do not vouch for
its originality, but is was new to me.
A merchant on Market street, who is
qnite frequent in his libations, and
consequently carries a nose as rubi-
cund as one of the danger lights on
the north side, was playing cards.
One of the party incidentally Observed:
Isaac, you hat the most putiful hand
ever saw hung to man. 1t is as
soft and vite as q voomans."
when / vas a poy, Shakup," re-
turned Isaac, II always slepd vid my
hand in shammy skin. Dot made 'em
yite."
"You peter pud dot nose of yours
in a shammy skin for awhile, Isaac"
The retort broke up the game, but
Isaac broke the necks from a half
dozen of extra dry. Chicago Mail.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-09
A Horrible Spectacle.

"Look up there" said the Colonel.
I did as he told me and beheld in a
box that held on as if by a miracle to
the wall of the burned theatre three
ladies with blackened yisages, One
was in black velvet; another had a jet
cuirass; the third was in pink and
white and had flowers in mass of
frizzed fair hair. Her mouth was
open, as if gasping for breath; the
lips were greatly curled back and two
rows of white, even teeth were laid
bare. The others leaned back in their
chairs very quietly and one of them
held fan on the ledge of the box.
They formed the most awful sight !
think ever gazed upon. The proba-
bility is that. despairing of escaping
in the fearful torrent of human beings
which tore in the dark along corridors
and stairs, they returned to their seats
and quietly waited to be burned or
suffocated. Death came upon them in
the form of suf6ocation. 1t was inn
possible up to the time / saw them, to
get near them, and so they remained
in their conspicuous position for
several days. Who these ladies are
nobody has any idea. Paris Letter IN
London Truth.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-09
A Cheap Girl.

"How much does your best girl cost
you, old fellow" was pumped at a
beardless boy who makes his bread
and butter, ON about So week, in the
carpenter trade After demurring, as
usual over looking at the sentimental
affair in SO practical a light, his OBJ.
jections were finally overruled, and he
consented to talk. ssMe and my girl
take in all the museum shows. Ten
weeks of museums at 20 cents a week
makes 81. All the girls banker after
ice-cream, and i generally put mp 81
on ice-cream. have to get her 10
cents worth of taffy off and on. That
comes to rs cents easy. In summer
time we get reckless and go to two
big blow-outs any way most gener-
ally picnics. With the car fare that
comes to So. Other evenings we go to
the parks and freeze to one of them
benches That don't cost nothing ex-
cept the car fare. Sixty cents would
about settle that. for sometimes we
walk, don't you see. When Christmas
comes do the grand, and buy pair
of earrings or some other piece of
finery, the kind girls like, and never
pay less than % neither. Let's see So.
81, 70 cents, S., 80 cents, So comes to
5000. My girl says that's good
enough for her. Buffalo Times.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-09

two minutes. Tho noise was ten times
greater than hurricane at sea, and the
terror Of the animals was something ap-
palling.
told you that the front Of the herd was
seven miles across. You can judge what
the depth must have been when tell you
that they were three hours In passing.
Every animal was running for his life.
and his pace could not have been less
than ten miles an hour. shouldn't hest
tate to make an affidavit that the herd
was good thirty miles deep. The ami
mails ran, as we afterwards knew, fully
forty miles before they slowed down at
all. When the last one had passed the
country was sight to behold. There
were at least $50 dead or crippled animals
In sight, and there was swath seven
miles wide, which had cut the very life
out of the prairie. OF all our camp equi-
page we could not find one solitary arti-
Gle of wood or iron or leather. All our
horses had been trampled under within
less than mile Of the grove, and their
bodies were sights that no one could look
at twice. We spread out to see what fate
had befallen the Indians, and we did not
have to go far. They had been knocked
down and trampled into the earth. A
member Of the same tribe, with whom I
talked year later, told me that not one
survived, and the loss had almost demon
allied the tribe.